The Coral Gables Times

'ROUND TOWN

june gray woman's editor Now that the Cuban situation has eased slightly, we can start breathing again and cease worrying about whether Key West will slowly sink into the Atlantic from the troop build-up there. The reaction of the female population varied from accepting a fatalistic attitude to turning around in circles expending pent-up energy. Others rushed to the grocery store to purchase canned goods and bottled water. Especially interesting was the conversation, I overheard between two young mothers. One said she was not going to worry because she read in the newspaper that none of the Cuban missiles were aimed at South Florida. Furthermore, if we were hit, it would be over so quickly that no one would have need for canned goods. The other one commented that she hoped enough people would stay home from her bridge group the next day that the others would be unable to play, and they could all go home. Another mother reported if we did not have a war, she would never have to buy another can of baby food. And Sen. George Smathers' wife said he was called to Washington so quickly last week, he did not even have time to grab his shaving kit, much less his suitcase. In spite of "these times that try men's souls," everyday life must go on. Mrs. J. Marco Bishop, 3401 Granada Blvd. and president of the Dade County Federation of Women's Clubs, has been attending president's receptions, at least one a day and occasionally two, despite a broken toe for the past two weeks. She was forced to wear bedroom slippers to one reception the day after she broke her toe. To the others for the past two weeks, she has had to wear the same pair of shoes — a pair of black medium-heeled thongs, which she normally wears around the pool. She could wear these only after searching through half the downtown stores for hose which can be worn with thongs without developing runs. Ever wonder how quiet is "quiet as a mouse?" I think I discovered the answer to this riddle while working late alone at the office this week. The solution — being quiet enough myself so that a mouse came out of his hiding place and scampered here and there across the floor without noticing my presence.

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Walter E. Dence Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Dence, 1520 Algardi Ave., flew home Oct. 20 to celebrate his 21st birthday with his parents and sister, Marie. A graduate of Coral Gables High, Walter is a senior electrical engineering major at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the varsity sailing team.

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Jennifer Gillett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gillett, 620 San Servando Ave., has been selected as one of 24 freshmen at Cornell University to participate in a Student Government Rotation Program. The program is designed to introduce and orientate freshmen to student government and to form a liaison between the Student Government and the freshmen class. Thomas McDowell Anderson Jr., son of Dr. T. McDowell Anderson, 531 Marmore Ave., has been accepted as a basic cadet in the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps at Princeton University. Myrtice Lee "Sug" Conn, New Mexico of 1961 returned home Sunday of last week to live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Conn, 4800 Rivera Dr. A graduate of Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, she is on the modeling staff at Burdine's. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Thompson, 1530 Baracoa Ave., were recent weekend guests of their daughter, Linda, a junior at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. More than 1,100 parents came to the college for the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Ron S. Roberts, 5627 Granada Blvd., were recent weekend guests of their daughter Lana Ingrid Ropes, a junior at Stephens College. They attended classes with Lana and met her teachers and faculty adviser.

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